The Pocket Guide to Spy Stuff

The Pocket Guide to Spy Stuff
Author: Bart King
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Espionage
ISBN: 1423649826

A handy and newly relevant guide to spies and spy craft for youngsters interested in all things espionage. It includes background and tips on how to be a spy, as well as strange-but-true stories of real spies and their unbelievable missions. This pocket-sized compendium covers all facets of the spy game, including chapters on disguises, surveillance, lie detecting, eavesdropping, misinformation, handling secrets, and high-tech spy gear.

Big Book of Spy Stuff

Big Book of Spy Stuff
Author: Bart King
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2011-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1423618750

Through King's entertaining text, kids will uncover what lies beyond the sunglasses and disguises of some famous and not-so-famous sneaks. Kids will learn all about the history of spying, what goes into a secret agent tool kit, and how to decode a secret message. The Big Book of Spy Stuff even covers what spies should do when they run into an ethical dilemma. From fighting off tricycle-riding assassins to learning how squirrels can deliver their top-secret messages, there's never a dull moment when it comes to taking on a secret identify! Discover essential spy skills like: Eavesdropping Sending messages in secret code Writing in invisible ink Choosing the coolest code name ever Spotting a liar using their body language What to do when you get caught!

The Pocket Guide to Magic

The Pocket Guide to Magic
Author: Bart King
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2009-09
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1423612728

Abracadabra ! Hocus-pocus! Allakazam! Happis crappis! Say it together now-magic! Take a peek inside the magician's secret wardrobe to discover the tricks of the trade, the tales of derring-do, and the people who made the magic happen. Demystifying the mystical is the popular, raucous, ready-to-trick-his-own-mother Bart King! But what, you may ask, can Bart do? He can show the ways of the most secretive magicians in the world.

The Big Book of Girl Stuff

The Big Book of Girl Stuff
Author: Bart King
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2014-08-21
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1423638050

As a middle school teacher, author Bart King listened carefully to the wisdom of his girl students. Along with his five sisters (!), their knowledge made The Big Book of Girl Stuff a classic that Parenting magazine has called “a must-have for girls.” This updated and redesigned edition of The Big Book of Girl Stuff is still loaded with fascinating facts, activities, quotes, games, and insightful information and advice on important topics. This humorous and informative resource is filled with everything a girl needs to know and celebrates all the things that make being a girl so wonderful. And not only is it a perfect handbook for preteens, ’tweens, and teens, but it will delight moms, aunts, and big sisters as well!

Pocket Guide to the Apocalypse

Pocket Guide to the Apocalypse
Author: Jason Boyett
Publisher: Relevant Media Group
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2005-03
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9780976035718

In this humorous look at today's culture's ongoing love affair with the "End Times," the author provides a handful of anecdotes, acknowledgments of the phenomenon in pop culture and insights that precede each chapter.

The Big Book of Gross Stuff

The Big Book of Gross Stuff
Author: Bart King
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2010-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 142361478X

The author of The Big Book of Superheroes presents a hilarious look at science, nature, and the human body in a book full of good laughs and bad smells. From boogers, B.O., and belches to sneezes, diseases, and demon cheeses, The Big Book of Gross Stuff is chock-full of practical knowledge about things you shouldn’t discuss at the dinner table. Kids can take a Gross Quiz to find out how their sensibilities stack up against the rest of society, and learn about the World's Most Disgusting Jobs (whale-feces research, anyone?). With the turn of every page, The Big Book of Gross Stuff will challenge your gag reflexes as it introduces topics, terminology and trivia about toilets, scabies, decaying bodies, and much more. For instance, did you know: · In 1971, a band named Hot Poop released a record titled Does Their Own Stuff! They were never heard from again. · When using fake vomit, the key to faking people out is to sprinkle water on the stuff to make it look more realistic. · Belly button lint is composed of dust, dried sweat, fat, dead skin, and bits of cotton.

The Pocket Guide to Mischief

The Pocket Guide to Mischief
Author: Bart King
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1423603664

Presents instructions on executing practical jokes, as well as historical anecdotes involving practical jokes and pranks.

The Big Book of Boy Stuff

The Big Book of Boy Stuff
Author: Bart King
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2014-08-21
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1423638034

After Bart King interviewed hundreds of the wisest guys and smartest alecks for The Big Book of Boy Stuff, something awesome happened: the book became a classic! Hailed by critics and kids alike, it has sold hundreds of thousands of copies, and even won awards. In this updated and redesigned tenth anniversary edition, hijinks and hilarity are still front and center. Within these pages, boys can find a myriad of things to do, things to laugh at, and things they didn’t know. Bart King, the veteran of many water balloon wars, taught middle school for many years. He’s written other cool books, including The Big Book of Superheroes, The Pocket Guide to Girl Stuff, and The Big Book of Gross Stuff. Visit his website at www.bartking.net.

Pocket Guide to Boy Stuff

Pocket Guide to Boy Stuff
Author: Bart King
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2009-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1423607686

First he taught boys all about mischief and perfecting their shenanigans again a nemesis. Next it was how to play games-without the help of a video-game controller. Now Bart King introduces them to all the important stuff they need to know but adults don't want to tell them. From girls and cooties to flying gadgets and gross stuff, Bart explains it all. Invaluable lessons include: The magical powers of duct tape! How to "gluggle"-juggle underwater! The awesome art of making faces! Speaking like a pirate! And other cool stuff we can't even mention here! With its handy little size, Pocket Guide to Boy Stuff can go everywhere boys do.

The Drake Equation

The Drake Equation
Author: Bart King
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2016-05-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1484725778

Noah Grow is a bird-watcher. If you're picturing some kid in a big floppy hat, peering up into trees through giant binoculars . . . well, good job. That's exactly what he does. Right now, Noah is on a quest to find a wood duck. According to his calculations, aka the Drake Equation, the odds are good-really good-for spotting one. That's why he gets off the bus at the wrong stop. And that's how he ends up running down a hill, crashing into a fence, and landing right next to a strange, glittery disk. Noah and his best friends, Jason and Jenny, soon discover that the mysterious disk is, well, mysterious. It gives Noah peculiar powers. As things go from odd to outrageous, Noah is swept up in a storm of intergalactic intrigue and middle-school mayhem. There's much more at stake than Noah realizes. Bart King delivers a hilarious sci-fi adventure with just the right mix of heart and humor that will have readers looking out for birds-and strange alien objects.